I know,and when I started out I knew I wanted to have a different style for each of my stories but being told not too make my own style and just copy others really confused me and that intern seemed to anger them .I've studied up on different styles and even a little in a university course I know there are various different styles so I thought having my own styles would just be okay since clearly others have done it but I still get those messages

I understand cel shading works well in animation since it really saves time and effort and money but don't feel you have to change your style for others,if you want to use cel shading then do it,real artists can make the best out of whatever style or medium they use,whether it be pencil,paint,digital or whatever they prefer.I don't want to use cel shading but I don't mind seeing it all.I don't understand why some people feel the need to tell artists too drop everything they've done up until that point and suddenly use another style all because they don't the current style or they like only one style and think everyone should use only that style.I don't expect everyone to like my art but I don't get why they would message me telling me to change everything,especially when they haven't even taken the time to look at any of my other work,or do some basic research on what they're talking about or even bother to say hello first

I think style is a byproduct of what we do, but it's not something we should seek out. That's a path toward developing a stiff and affected style. Just try to tell the story in the best possible way and let the critics worry about categorizing your style.

I agree and disagree with you.being able to adapt to styles is necessary if you work on a project with other people like on an animation project,but when doing your own it's has more freedom.However I knew from the start what I wanted and I wasn't forcing it it was what I naturally wanted to do,thinner limbs for the one story and more muscular for the other and tweaks for each to fit the story and genre and I wanted to do that but being told not to be original threw me off and I spent a lot of time mixing styles to get to more what others wanted until I decided i had enough and went back to what I originally wanted . Sometime people have their style at the start or know what they want and that's okay too

I have also gotten comments from trolls and jerks. However, I have always set aside time to understand where the other person was coming from. Maybe they didn't know what they were talking about, and maybe I didn't know what I was talking about.

LMAO, it's funny because I got the same thing with my gay comic and what I did was to IGNORE that person. I'm not going to entertain nonsense. I'm trying to tell a story. I'm not here to draw porn to fulfill your gay fantasy so move around lol

I did ignore them. I just found it annoying, because like you said I’m telling a story. I have always just wanted to make comics and stories with actual plots and adventures where the charcters just happen to be gay. Not enough representation and it’s sad that only porn can get people’s attention. That’s not an accurate depiction of gay life or the hardships and struggles we go through.

This sexulization of gay stories is also why I don’t write about Leabians as my main character. If someone said somthing inappropriate I would just turn into a raging feminist Lesbo, so i just avoid that all together.

The rudest comment i ever got:"I gotta be honest with you author!the art is so fine that i could easily get over the lousy story line. but heck your english sucks!!! for god's sake at least try to get some help with that! i can't keep reading any further"

This comment really makes me down i even thought "Should i stop continue my comic in english? I want to reach international market but i think i'm no good because of my english T-T "But i only mind his comment about my english, i don't really mind what he said about my story LOL

holy crap ewww.... this is why i avoid putting underaged characters or kids in my comics, not to mention mines M/M. i'm afraid i'll get something weird and honestly, im mentally not ready for that. not that you shouldn't, you should be able to do whatever you want but, thats what happens if you do. you get weird/ mentally F***** up comments. anyway, just ignore em' at least thats what i do most of the time when i get weird sh** like that.

Honestly when I got a comment similar to this what I did was to search everywhere I could to find an editor, I personally don't take comments like that lightly. if it's in regards to art, screw them. every artist views themselves as developing ( at least I do) but when it comes to grammar, do the best you can to see if you can find someone who can do it for a fair price or you can set it up as a volunteer editing project. and when I did that, luckily I found a really good editor who was willing to do it for me free of charge and I compensated her with a drawn portrait of herself and acknowledgment on my main website and I also linked to her website. you can do something like that. that's if you want to. don't give up. if you can work on grammar do that. but as for art, you will naturally get better the more you draw so screw them. if they like your work they will stay. if they don't they can find something else to read. simple!

i remember when i use to get talked down about my art, i never let it get to me because I LOVE IT and ITS A PASSION. so nothing was going to change that. my hard core fans stayed with me and watched me grow. thats how its suppose to be. and its also ok if you leave because you don't like it. just keep doing what your doing

It's not a bad comment and i don't know if it classifies as 'the most', but it still makes me laugh to this day and it's a lil wtf cause i still don't know whom they were referring to, from all the characters on the page.

This reminds me of all the critiques I got on Deviantart where people linked me to anime pictures as "guides". Because you know, if you're only inspired by it and not drawing anime entirely, you're just wrong.